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Blake Morgan

Singer-Songwriter

Blake Morgan

Blake Morgan is an accomplished singer-songwriter, music producer, label owner, and creator rights activist.

An International Baccalaureate Scholar of The United Nations School and a Magna cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music, Morgan’s ideas, opinions, and editorials on music have been published regularly by The New York Times, Billboard Magazine, CNN, Newsweek, Variety, The Hill, NME, The Huffington Post, and The Guardian. He lectures frequently, including at The Georgetown University Law Center, New York Law School, California State University, Temple University, Syracuse University, NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, American University, and at his alma mater, Berklee College of Music.

Morgan is an advisor to the U.S. House of Representative’s Congressional Creative Rights Caucus, and a member of the Creators Advisory Board for the Copyright Alliance. His music advocacy has taken him to Capitol Hill numerous times where, as the founder of the largest grass-roots movement in American music history, #IRespectMusic, he continues to fight for music makers’ rights in the digital age.

Recent Articles by Blake Morgan

An Independent Musician’s Perspective on the TikTok Legislation Before Congress

There are many loud voices making a lot of noise about TikTok right now, and as someone who makes “noise” for a living, I thought I’d provide an independent musician’s perspective on the TikTok legislation before Congress: I hope it passes, both as an American and as a music maker. First of all, this bill restricts TikTok, it does not “ban” the app. It forces the company to cut its ties to the Chinese Communist Party and prevents them from accessing the data of Americans. That’s a good thing. The bill doesn’t mandate or regulate speech, it’s focused on national security. The threat is no secret, it’s real: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) called TikTok “a clear and present danger” to our country.